"hang up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-hang up.ogg [Australia] Forms: hangs up [present, singular, third-person], hanging up [participle, present], hung up [participle, past], hung up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hang<,,hung> up}} hang up (third-person singular simple present hangs up, present participle hanging up, simple past and past participle hung up)
  1. (transitive) To put up to hang. Tags: transitive Related terms: hung up, ring off Translations (put up to hang): アッテ (atte) (Ainu), عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa) (Arabic), colgar (Asturian), penjar (Catalan), ᎬᏙᏌᏗᎠ (gvdosadia) (note: long object) (Cherokee), (Chinese Mandarin), (guà) (Chinese Mandarin), pověsit [perfective] (Czech), ripustaa (Finnish), suspendre (French), colgar (Galician), ჩამოკიდება (čamoḳideba) (Georgian), aufhängen (German), felakaszt (Hungarian), hengja (Icelandic), pendar (Ido), ripustaa (Ingrian), löövvä (Ingrian), appendere (Italian), 掛ける (kakeru) (alt: かける) (Japanese), suspendō (Latin), houtāwere (Maori), whakahīweka (Maori), whakairi (Maori), whakatārawa (Maori), la på røret (Norwegian), legge på (Norwegian), آصمق (asmak) (Ottoman Turkish), pendurar (Portuguese), agăța (Romanian), atârna (Romanian), ве́шать (véšatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пове́сить (povésitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), colgar (Spanish), hänga upp (Swedish), asmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hang_up-en-verb-Rpb7M~Zs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 14 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 20 39 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 44 21 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 21 38 Disambiguation of 'put up to hang': 91 3 6
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Categories (topical): Telephony Synonyms (terminate a phone call): release (english: a call from), put the phone down (english: on), ring off Translations (terminate a phone call): أَغْلَقَ الْخَطّ (ʔaḡlaqa al-ḵaṭṭ) (Arabic), colgar (Asturian), penjar (Catalan), 掛斷 (Chinese Cantonese), 挂断 (gwaa³ tyun⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), cut線 (Chinese Cantonese), cut线 (kat¹ sin³) (Chinese Cantonese), 掛斷 (Chinese Mandarin), 挂断 (guàduàn) (alt: 電話/电话 (diànhuà)) (Chinese Mandarin), 挂断 (guàduàn) (alt: 电话 (diànhuà)) (Chinese Mandarin), zavěsit [perfective] (Czech), leggja á (Faroese), katkaista (Finnish), sulkea puhelin (Finnish), lopettaa puhelu (Finnish), katkaista puhelu (Finnish), raccrocher (French), raccrocher au nez (French), colgar (Galician), auflegen (German), letesz (Hungarian), kinyom (Hungarian), leggja á (Icelandic), skella á (Icelandic), riagganciare (Italian), riattaccare (Italian), 電話を切る (denwa o kiru) (alt: でんわをきる) (Japanese), 전화를 끊다 (jeonhwareul kkeunta) (Korean), anhänken (Luxembourgish), odkładać impf słuchawkę (Polish), odłożyć pf słuchawkę (Polish), desligar (Portuguese), închide (Romanian), класть тру́бку (klastʹ trúbku) [imperfective] (Russian), положи́ть тру́бку (položítʹ trúbku) [perfective] (Russian), ве́шать тру́бку (véšatʹ trúbku) [imperfective] (Russian), пове́сить тру́бку (povésitʹ trúbku) [perfective] (Russian), colgar (Spanish), cortar (Spanish), -kata simu (Swahili), lägga på (Swedish), kapatmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hang_up-en-verb-yqhP~Lmj Disambiguation of Telephony: 8 88 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 14 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 20 39 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 44 21 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 21 38 Disambiguation of 'terminate a phone call': 19 56 26 Disambiguation of 'terminate a phone call': 19 56 26
  3. To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.
    Sense id: en-hang_up-en-verb-Sh-eCoPf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 14 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 14 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 20 39 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 44 21 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 21 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (emotionally trouble): vaivata (Finnish), tenere in sospeso (Italian), tenere in attesa (Italian), tenere sulle spine (Italian), rimuginare (Italian), 弱らせる (alt: よわせる、yowaseru) (Japanese)
Disambiguation of 'emotionally trouble': 39 29 32

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
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          "roman": "atte",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "掛"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guà",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "ripustaa"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "suspendre"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "colgar"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "čamoḳideba",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "ჩამოკიდება"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "aufhängen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "felakaszt"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "hengja"
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "pendar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "ripustaa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "löövvä"
        },
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "appendere"
        },
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "alt": "かける",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kakeru",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "掛ける"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "suspendō"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "houtāwere"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "whakahīweka"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "whakairi"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "whakatārawa"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "la på røret"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "legge på"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "asmak",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "آصمق"
        },
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "pendurar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "agăța"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "atârna"
        },
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "véšatʹ",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ве́шать"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "povésitʹ",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "пове́сить"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "colgar"
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          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "hänga upp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 3 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "put up to hang",
          "word": "asmak"
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          "kind": "topical",
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        {
          "text": "When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her."
        },
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          "ref": "1974, Harry Chapin and Sandra Chapin (lyrics and music), “Cat's in the Cradle”, in Verities & Balderdash, performed by Harry Chapin",
          "text": "And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me\nHe'd grown up just like me\nMy boy was just like me.",
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        "To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line."
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          "terminate",
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          "telephone call",
          "telephone call"
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          "receiver",
          "receiver"
        ],
        [
          "cradle",
          "cradle"
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        [
          "disconnect",
          "disconnect"
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        [
          "line",
          "line"
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line."
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "english": "a call from",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "release"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "english": "on",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "put the phone down"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "ring off"
        }
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔaḡlaqa al-ḵaṭṭ",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "أَغْلَقَ الْخَطّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "colgar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "penjar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "掛斷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gwaa³ tyun⁵",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "挂断"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "cut線"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "kat¹ sin³",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "cut线"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "掛斷"
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          "alt": "電話/电话 (diànhuà)",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guàduàn",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "挂断"
        },
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          "alt": "电话 (diànhuà)",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guàduàn",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "挂断"
        },
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          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "zavěsit"
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          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "leggja á"
        },
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          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "katkaista"
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "sulkea puhelin"
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "lopettaa puhelu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "katkaista puhelu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "raccrocher"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "raccrocher au nez"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "colgar"
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          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "auflegen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "letesz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "kinyom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "leggja á"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "skella á"
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "riagganciare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "riattaccare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
          "alt": "でんわをきる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "denwa o kiru",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "電話を切る"
        },
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          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
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          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
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          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
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          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
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          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "desligar"
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          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
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          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "închide"
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          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
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          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "класть тру́бку"
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          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
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          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
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          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "-kata simu"
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          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
          "word": "lägga på"
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          "_dis1": "19 56 26",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "terminate a phone call",
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      "sense": "emotionally trouble",
      "word": "vaivata"
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      "sense": "emotionally trouble",
      "word": "tenere in sospeso"
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      "_dis1": "39 29 32",
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "emotionally trouble",
      "word": "tenere in attesa"
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      "_dis1": "39 29 32",
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      "sense": "emotionally trouble",
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      "_dis1": "39 29 32",
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      "sense": "emotionally trouble",
      "word": "rimuginare"
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      "_dis1": "39 29 32",
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      "sense": "emotionally trouble",
      "word": "弱らせる"
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      "english": "a call from",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
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      "english": "on",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
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      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
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      "code": "ain",
      "lang": "Ainu",
      "roman": "atte",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "アッテ"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕallaqa",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "عَلَّقَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "colgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "penjar"
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    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "note": "long object",
      "roman": "gvdosadia",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "ᎬᏙᏌᏗᎠ"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "掛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guà",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "挂"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pověsit"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "ripustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "suspendre"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "colgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čamoḳideba",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "ჩამოკიდება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "aufhängen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "felakaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "hengja"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "pendar"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "ripustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "löövvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "appendere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かける",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakeru",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "掛ける"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "suspendō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "houtāwere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "whakahīweka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "whakairi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "whakatārawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "la på røret"
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    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "legge på"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "word": "آصمق"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "pendurar"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "agăța"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "atârna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ве́шать"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "colgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "hänga upp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "put up to hang",
      "word": "asmak"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaḡlaqa al-ḵaṭṭ",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "أَغْلَقَ الْخَطّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "colgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "penjar"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "掛斷"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gwaa³ tyun⁵",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "挂断"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "cut線"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "kat¹ sin³",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "cut线"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "掛斷"
    },
    {
      "alt": "電話/电话 (diànhuà)",
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      "roman": "guàduàn",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "挂断"
    },
    {
      "alt": "电话 (diànhuà)",
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      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "挂断"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zavěsit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "leggja á"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "katkaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "sulkea puhelin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "lopettaa puhelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "katkaista puhelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "raccrocher"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "raccrocher au nez"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "colgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "auflegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "letesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "kinyom"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "leggja á"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "skella á"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "riagganciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "riattaccare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でんわをきる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "denwa o kiru",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "電話を切る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeonhwareul kkeunta",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "전화를 끊다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "anhänken"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "odkładać impf słuchawkę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "odłożyć pf słuchawkę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "desligar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "închide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klastʹ trúbku",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "класть тру́бку"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "položítʹ trúbku",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "положи́ть тру́бку"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "véšatʹ trúbku",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ве́шать тру́бку"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "povésitʹ trúbku",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пове́сить тру́бку"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "colgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "cortar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "-kata simu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "lägga på"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "terminate a phone call",
      "word": "kapatmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "emotionally trouble",
      "word": "vaivata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emotionally trouble",
      "word": "tenere in sospeso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emotionally trouble",
      "word": "tenere in attesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emotionally trouble",
      "word": "tenere sulle spine"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emotionally trouble",
      "word": "rimuginare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "よわせる、yowaseru",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "emotionally trouble",
      "word": "弱らせる"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hang up"
}

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